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Steven Furtick - Where You Meet With God (Part 2)

May 6, 2025 | 27:29

Steven Furtick - Where You Meet With God (Part 2)
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Steven Furtick | Steven Furtick - Where You Meet With God (Part 2) | May 6, 2025
  • An encouraging message
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  • From pastor steven furtick
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  • Of elevation church.
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  • If you're looking
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  • To strengthen your faith
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  • And shift your perspective,
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  • Stay tuned.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> you don't need me to get
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  • >> you don't need me to get a word from god.
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  • A word from god. if i'm off any day,
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  • If i'm off any day, god is still on.
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  • God is still on. if i don't give you the word
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  • If i don't give you the word that you need go back
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  • That you need go back and read the scripture i read
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  • And read the scripture i read and god'll preach it
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  • And god'll preach it better than i did.
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  • [applause]
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  • If i fall down dead
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  • If i fall down dead preaching this sermon today
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  • Preaching this sermon today somebody else will pick up
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  • Somebody else will pick up the mic and preach it before
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  • The mic and preach it before i can get out of the door
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  • I can get out of the door with the ems because
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  • With the ems because god's word is eternal.
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  • God's word is eternal. it does not originate with men,
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  • It does not originate with men, it originates with god.
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  • [applause]
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  • And not only --
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  • And not only -- oh, not only is it
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  • Oh, not only is it internal, eternal.
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  • Internal, eternal. internal, eternal.
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  • Internal, eternal. and when we say,
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  • And when we say, "the place where you
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  • "the place where you meet with god,"
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  • Meet with god," i want you to understand
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  • I want you to understand that that place is never meant
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  • That that place is never meant to be a building.
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  • To be a building. when i said, "i wanna talk
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  • When i said, "i wanna talk to you today about where
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  • To you today about where you meet with god,"
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  • You meet with god," you're like, "great,
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  • You're like, "great, they're starting
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  • They're starting a building campaign."
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  • A building campaign." no, we already did that,
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  • No, we already did that, i told you.
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  • [laughter]
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  • We're already building it.
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  • We're already building it. we already built
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  • We already built the building right here.
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  • The building right here. and even if you don't have
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  • And even if you don't have a building we can put
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  • A building we can put it on youtube,
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  • It on youtube, so we don't need all that.
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  • So we don't need all that. but maybe i am starting a
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  • But maybe i am starting a building campaign today,
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  • Building campaign today, where you begin
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  • Where you begin to build new patterns
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  • To build new patterns and recruit new people,
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  • And recruit new people, if necessary,
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  • If necessary, so that the presence of god
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  • So that the presence of god permeates your life this year.
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  • Permeates your life this year. i wanna talk to you about
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  • I wanna talk to you about where you meet with god.
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  • Where you meet with god. now, let me slow down
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  • Now, let me slow down 'cause i get excited because
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  • 'cause i get excited because y'all start drawing it out of me
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  • Y'all start drawing it out of me and it's your fault.
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  • [laughter]
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  • When we think about a prophet,
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  • When we think about a prophet, we think about somebody
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  • We think about somebody who speaks for god,
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  • Who speaks for god, and prophets do that
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  • And prophets do that in the bible.
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  • In the bible. prophets can prophesy
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  • Prophets can prophesy doom and judgement,
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  • Doom and judgement, and you see this a lot
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  • And you see this a lot in the bible.
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  • In the bible. prophets can also prophesy
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  • Prophets can also prophesy rain and blessing,
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  • Rain and blessing, and life, and increase.
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  • And life, and increase. but, in this situation,
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  • But, in this situation, didn't you find it interesting
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  • Didn't you find it interesting that in verse 1 it says,
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  • That in verse 1 it says, "the company of the prophet
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  • "the company of the prophet said to elisha,"
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  • Said to elisha," not elisha said to
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  • Not elisha said to the company of the prophets?
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  • The company of the prophets? why is that significant?
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  • Why is that significant? because sometimes god
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  • Because sometimes god commands you to do
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  • Commands you to do something clearly, clearly.
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  • Something clearly, clearly. there are some things that god
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  • There are some things that god has commanded you to do clearly.
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  • Has commanded you to do clearly. these are not opinions,
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  • These are not opinions, suggestions, or advice.
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  • Suggestions, or advice. these are not influencers giving
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  • These are not influencers giving you their tips and techniques.
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  • You their tips and techniques. these are the truths
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  • These are the truths of god's word.
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  • Of god's word. they are eternal.
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  • They are eternal. and so, god commands you clearly
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  • And so, god commands you clearly to flee sexual immorality.
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  • To flee sexual immorality. you don't have to pray about
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  • You don't have to pray about the affair that you're on
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  • The affair that you're on the edge of having,
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  • The edge of having, you gotta run.
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  • [laughter]
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  • Flee sexual immorality.
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  • Flee sexual immorality. that's clear.
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  • That's clear. i know another clear one
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  • I know another clear one that people don't like,
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  • That people don't like, "forgive others just as god
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  • "forgive others just as god and christ forgave you."
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  • And christ forgave you." that's clear.
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  • That's clear. "but, lord, which city
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  • "but, lord, which city should i live in?
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  • Should i live in? should i live in charlotte,
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  • Should i live in charlotte, or atlanta, or roanoke,
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  • Or atlanta, or roanoke, or raleigh?"
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  • Or raleigh?" the lord don't --
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  • The lord don't -- the lord is gonna use you
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  • The lord is gonna use you in the city that you
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  • In the city that you obey the clear thing
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  • Obey the clear thing that he showed you in.
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  • That he showed you in. so, if you don't
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  • So, if you don't forgive in charlotte,
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  • Forgive in charlotte, when you move to atlanta
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  • When you move to atlanta you gon' have just
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  • You gon' have just the same sewage that you had
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  • The same sewage that you had in charlotte when you get
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  • In charlotte when you get to atlanta 'cause you didn't
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  • To atlanta 'cause you didn't do what was clear.
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  • [applause]
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  • Wherever you go, there you are.
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  • [laughter]
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  • And so, a lot of the prayers
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  • And so, a lot of the prayers we pray about moves
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  • We pray about moves we should make when we can't
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  • We should make when we can't get ourselves to obey
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  • Get ourselves to obey what god has clearly spoken,
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  • What god has clearly spoken, we create confusion...
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  • We create confusion... so that we don't
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  • So that we don't take responsibility
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  • Take responsibility for our decisions.
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  • For our decisions. i'm not gonna be like this
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  • I'm not gonna be like this the whole time i will be
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  • The whole time i will be hopeful in a moment.
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  • [laughter]
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  • But i just wanna
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  • But i just wanna spend more time this year
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  • Spend more time this year in verse 2 where they said,
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  • In verse 2 where they said, "let us go to the jordan
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  • "let us go to the jordan where each of us can get a pole;
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  • Where each of us can get a pole; and let us build a place
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  • And let us build a place there for us to meet."
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  • There for us to meet." honestly, if this is
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  • Honestly, if this is my prayer i'm saying,
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  • My prayer i'm saying, "god, this place where we meet
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  • "god, this place where we meet with you is too small,
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  • With you is too small, make us a bigger one.
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  • Make us a bigger one. god, these people you put around
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  • God, these people you put around me are not talented enough,
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  • Me are not talented enough, give me more talented people.
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  • Give me more talented people. god, this situation you put me
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  • God, this situation you put me in it's not important enough,
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  • In it's not important enough, it's not exciting enough.
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  • It's not exciting enough. god, move me to another place."
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  • God, move me to another place." but i want you to notice
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  • But i want you to notice in verse 2 they didn't ask
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  • In verse 2 they didn't ask the prophet for anything
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  • The prophet for anything except permission.
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  • Except permission. "let us go to the place
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  • "let us go to the place by the jordan,"
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  • By the jordan," the transitional body of water
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  • The transitional body of water where the people of god
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  • Where the people of god crossed over into jericho.
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  • Crossed over into jericho. let us go to the place
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  • Let us go to the place where the vegetation is,
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  • Where the vegetation is, and the wood is,
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  • And the wood is, and the tools are,
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  • And the tools are, and the resources are,
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  • And the resources are, "and let us go build a place
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  • "and let us go build a place there for us to meet."
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  • There for us to meet." put that verse on the screen,
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  • Put that verse on the screen, verse 2, and whoever's
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  • Verse 2, and whoever's circling back there,
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  • Circling back there, circle the following words,
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  • Circle the following words, say, "let us," circle, "us,"
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  • Say, "let us," circle, "us," "go to the jordan
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  • "go to the jordan where each of us,"
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  • Where each of us," circle, "us," again,
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  • Circle, "us," again, "can get a pole and let us,"
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  • "can get a pole and let us," circle, "us," again,
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  • Circle, "us," again, "build a place there for us,"
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  • "build a place there for us," circle, "us," again,
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  • Circle, "us," again, "to meet."
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  • "to meet." that's their plan.
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  • That's their plan. we got a plan.
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  • We got a plan. somebody shout,
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  • Somebody shout, "i got a plan."
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  • "i got a plan." >> congregation: i got a plan.
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  • >> congregation: i got a plan. >> "this is my year.
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  • >> "this is my year. i got a plan.
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  • I got a plan. i'm thriving 2025.
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  • I'm thriving 2025. i got a plan.
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  • I got a plan. i'm eating carnivore.
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  • I'm eating carnivore. i'm doing cardio.
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  • I'm doing cardio. i'm drinking collagen."
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  • I'm drinking collagen." and then, two weeks in
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  • And then, two weeks in you got a cold and where
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  • You got a cold and where did that get you?
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  • [laughter and applause]
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  • "i got a plan.
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  • "i got a plan. we're gonna go down here
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  • We're gonna go down here and build a place.
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  • And build a place. it's gonna be bigger.
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  • It's gonna be bigger. it's gonna be better.
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  • It's gonna be better. it's gonna be amazing.
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  • It's gonna be amazing. i got my plan.
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  • I got my plan. i have my plan.
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  • I have my plan. now, i had the plan last year,
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  • Now, i had the plan last year, but this is different.
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  • But this is different. i had this plan that i had
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  • I had this plan that i had the year before that too,
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  • The year before that too, and the year -- and the --
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  • And the year -- and the -- and the year before that,
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  • And the year before that, but that was covid.
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  • But that was covid. that doesn't count.
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  • That doesn't count. i mean, this year is different,
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  • I mean, this year is different, so we're going."
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  • So we're going." somebody, shout, "let's go!"
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  • Somebody, shout, "let's go!" >> congregation: let's go!
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  • >> congregation: let's go! >> and i give them credit
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  • >> and i give them credit for their initiative.
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  • For their initiative. 'cause i think sometimes when
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  • 'cause i think sometimes when we're waiting for god to speak,
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  • We're waiting for god to speak, he's waiting for us to step.
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  • He's waiting for us to step. yeah, yeah.
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  • Yeah, yeah. sometimes when we're
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  • Sometimes when we're waiting for god to move,
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  • Waiting for god to move, he's waiting for us to multiply
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  • He's waiting for us to multiply what we've already been given.
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  • What we've already been given. and so, i congratulate these men
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  • And so, i congratulate these men for their initiative.
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  • For their initiative. they didn't just
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  • They didn't just complain about the thing,
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  • Complain about the thing, they were willing
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  • They were willing to change the thing,
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  • To change the thing, to work toward the thing,
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  • To work toward the thing, to collaborate toward
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  • To collaborate toward the thing.
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  • The thing. are you?
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  • Are you? or are you waiting
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  • Or are you waiting for something to happen
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  • For something to happen externally when the word
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  • Externally when the word of god is internal?
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  • Of god is internal? internal and eternal.
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  • Internal and eternal. nothing can stop it,
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  • Nothing can stop it, and it can't be seen
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  • And it can't be seen with human eyes.
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  • With human eyes. and so, they get fired up.
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  • And so, they get fired up. one of my friends who is
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  • One of my friends who is an athlete tells me,
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  • An athlete tells me, "i don't know if this
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  • "i don't know if this is gonna encourage you,
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  • Is gonna encourage you, but i come to church 'cause it
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  • But i come to church 'cause it helps me feel like i can do
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  • Helps me feel like i can do anything for about three days."
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  • Anything for about three days." i said, "that's pretty good,
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  • I said, "that's pretty good, three days.
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  • Three days. that's pretty good shelf life.
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  • That's pretty good shelf life. three days?
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  • Three days? that's pretty good.
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  • That's pretty good. flowers can die quicker
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  • Flowers can die quicker than three days.
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  • Than three days. that's pretty good."
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  • That's pretty good." he said, "yeah, i felt
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  • He said, "yeah, i felt like i could do anything
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  • Like i could do anything for three days."
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  • For three days." i said, "but what happens
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  • I said, "but what happens on day four?"
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  • On day four?" he said, "well, that's where
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  • He said, "well, that's where it gets tricky."
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  • It gets tricky." i said, "no, it doesn't.
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  • I said, "no, it doesn't. because you can go back
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  • Because you can go back to god between sundays."
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  • To god between sundays." you can go back to god.
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  • You can go back to god. you can go back
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  • You can go back to god between hours.
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  • To god between hours. you can go back to god.
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  • You can go back to god. you can go back to god as much
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  • You can go back to god as much as you want in any situation
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  • As you want in any situation that you're in.
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  • That you're in. and i think as simple
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  • And i think as simple as that sounds,
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  • As that sounds, we don't really practice that.
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  • We don't really practice that. we don't really practice that.
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  • We don't really practice that. i saw something here that was
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  • I saw something here that was to be celebrated.
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  • To be celebrated. let's go!
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  • Let's go! we're gonna build
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  • We're gonna build a bigger school
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  • A bigger school and elisha the prophet
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  • And elisha the prophet is gonna teach us.
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  • Is gonna teach us. we're gonna build something
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  • We're gonna build something amazing for you, god!
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  • Amazing for you, god! and many of us have started
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  • And many of us have started this year with good motives.
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  • This year with good motives. "i'm gonna build
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  • "i'm gonna build something for my family.
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  • Something for my family. i'm gonna build something
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  • I'm gonna build something so i can take care of my kids.
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  • So i can take care of my kids. i wanna build something for god.
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  • I wanna build something for god. i'm gonna build something
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  • I'm gonna build something to make a difference.
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  • To make a difference. i'mma work on my body.
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  • I'mma work on my body. i'mma work on my mind.
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  • I'mma work on my mind. i'mma work on my future.
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  • I'mma work on my future. i'mma work on my career.
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  • I'mma work on my career. i'mma work on myself.
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  • I'mma work on myself. i'mma work on my temper.
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  • I'mma work on my temper. i'mma work on my yoga."
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  • I'mma work on my yoga." i started doing yoga last year
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  • I started doing yoga last year just so i can keep it moving
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  • Just so i can keep it moving as much as i need to up here.
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  • As much as i need to up here. i'm just increasing
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  • I'm just increasing the arsenal this year.
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  • The arsenal this year. and you know what
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  • And you know what the thing about it is?
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  • The thing about it is? holly's better at it than i am.
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  • [laughter]
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  • And i can lift so much
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  • And i can lift so much more pounds than she can.
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  • More pounds than she can. but the instructor
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  • But the instructor that's working with us
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  • That's working with us she always is saying,
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  • She always is saying, "beautiful, holly."
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  • [laughter]
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  • "beautiful, holly."
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  • "beautiful, holly." and comes over to me and says,
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  • And comes over to me and says, "uh, it gets better, steven."
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  • [laughter]
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  • Like, the only word
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  • Like, the only word she has for me is the word
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  • She has for me is the word of false encouragement
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  • Of false encouragement and delusional hope that
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  • And delusional hope that i'll one day be flexible.
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  • [laughter]
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  • And i found out something.
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  • And i found out something. when you're doing something new,
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  • When you're doing something new, it helps to have somebody who
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  • It helps to have somebody who can give you personal attention
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  • Can give you personal attention so you don't get
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  • So you don't get confused and quit.
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  • Confused and quit. and maybe the reason
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  • And maybe the reason you had a plan last year
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  • You had a plan last year and it fell apart in
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  • And it fell apart in three days, three weeks,
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  • Three days, three weeks, three months, maybe the reason
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  • Three months, maybe the reason that your motivation sometimes
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  • That your motivation sometimes only lasts three minutes,
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  • Only lasts three minutes, maybe the reason it lasts
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  • Maybe the reason it lasts too short sometimes
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  • Too short sometimes is because you only
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  • Is because you only get permission and a plan.
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  • Get permission and a plan. but this is the year where
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  • But this is the year where your plan will not be enough,
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  • Your plan will not be enough, because the most important
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  • Because the most important things that will happen
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  • Things that will happen in your life this year
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  • In your life this year will not be in your plan.
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  • Will not be in your plan. the greatest things that god
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  • The greatest things that god will bring into your life will
  • 00:10:01.319 --> 00:10:02.487
  • Will bring into your life will not be on your vision board.
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  • Not be on your vision board. they will not be manifested
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  • They will not be manifested from the contours of
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  • From the contours of your human mind or imagination.
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  • Your human mind or imagination. you will not see them coming
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  • You will not see them coming so you won't have time
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  • So you won't have time to plan a parade.
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  • To plan a parade. you will not see them coming
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  • You will not see them coming so you won't have time
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  • So you won't have time to get in your stance.
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  • To get in your stance. the most important things --
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  • The most important things -- and i'm gonna show you
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  • And i'm gonna show you in the text
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  • In the text what i'm talking about.
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  • What i'm talking about. the most important things
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  • The most important things that will happen
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  • That will happen in your life this year
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  • In your life this year will not be a part of your plan.
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  • Will not be a part of your plan. how many can testify that
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  • How many can testify that there has already been
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  • There has already been an unplanned event that has
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  • An unplanned event that has superseded your planned year,
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  • Superseded your planned year, this year, and we're
  • 00:10:37.922 --> 00:10:39.290
  • This year, and we're just getting started.
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  • [applause]
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  • So they're excited, man.
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  • So they're excited, man. we're gonna go build a place,
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  • We're gonna go build a place, we're gonna get a pole,
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  • We're gonna get a pole, we're gonna build a place,
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  • We're gonna build a place, and elisha's gonna teach us.
  • 00:10:48.733 --> 00:10:50.035
  • And elisha's gonna teach us. and it's not like they're going
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  • And it's not like they're going to build a strip club,
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  • To build a strip club, they're not doing
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  • They're not doing something terrible,
  • 00:10:53.104 --> 00:10:54.139
  • Something terrible, they're not even doing
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  • They're not even doing something neutral,
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  • Something neutral, they're building
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  • They're building something for god.
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  • Something for god. okay.
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  • Okay. we're gonna build this for god
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  • We're gonna build this for god and god's gonna bless us.
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  • And god's gonna bless us. i just need to stop
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  • I just need to stop right here and take a poll.
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  • Right here and take a poll. how many of you have something
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  • How many of you have something you wanna do for god
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  • You wanna do for god this year in your life?
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  • This year in your life? shout out what it is on three,
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  • Shout out what it is on three, one, two, three.
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  • >> alright cool.
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  • >> alright cool. god heard all that,
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  • God heard all that, i don't need to.
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  • [laughter]
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  • And some of what you said
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  • And some of what you said you we're gonna do
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  • You we're gonna do for god this year
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  • For god this year god was like,
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  • God was like, "that's right!
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  • "that's right! go do it."
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  • Go do it." and some of it god was like,
  • 00:11:25.203 --> 00:11:28.573
  • And some of it god was like, "why are you making
  • 00:11:28.640 --> 00:11:29.808
  • "why are you making a plan for a purpose
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  • A plan for a purpose that i didn't call you to
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  • That i didn't call you to just because you saw it
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  • Just because you saw it in somebody else?"
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  • In somebody else?" let me tell you something holl,
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  • Let me tell you something holl, i don't wanna build anything
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  • I don't wanna build anything in my life from this point on
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  • In my life from this point on that god gave somebody else
  • 00:11:38.750 --> 00:11:39.784
  • That god gave somebody else the blueprint for.
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  • The blueprint for. because i've spent
  • 00:11:45.123 --> 00:11:46.124
  • Because i've spent too much time,
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  • Too much time, too much energy,
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  • Too much energy, lost too much joy,
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  • Lost too much joy, forfeited too much
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  • Forfeited too much contentment and peace
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  • Contentment and peace trying to build something
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  • Trying to build something that isn't even in my blueprint.
  • 00:11:55.667 --> 00:11:58.570
  • That isn't even in my blueprint. and the prophet elisha --
  • 00:11:58.636 --> 00:11:59.370
  • And the prophet elisha -- and i need to tell you
  • 00:11:59.437 --> 00:12:00.105
  • And i need to tell you something about elisha,
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  • Something about elisha, elisha is a little moody.
  • 00:12:01.606 --> 00:12:06.978
  • Elisha is a little moody. "you can't call
  • 00:12:07.045 --> 00:12:07.612
  • "you can't call a man of god moody."
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  • A man of god moody." i sure can, 'cause one time
  • 00:12:09.814 --> 00:12:10.849
  • I sure can, 'cause one time some boys called him baldy
  • 00:12:10.915 --> 00:12:12.317
  • Some boys called him baldy and he called she bears
  • 00:12:12.383 --> 00:12:13.518
  • And he called she bears out of the woods
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  • Out of the woods to devour them.
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  • [laughter]
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  • That's temperamental.
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  • That's temperamental. that qualifies.
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  • That qualifies. so, i think it would've
  • 00:12:21.493 --> 00:12:23.161
  • So, i think it would've taken a lot of nerve,
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  • Taken a lot of nerve, don't you, to come up
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  • Don't you, to come up to the prophet and say,
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  • To the prophet and say, "man, this place
  • 00:12:26.831 --> 00:12:27.198
  • "man, this place you've got us meeting,
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  • You've got us meeting, respectfully,
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  • Respectfully, we need to do
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  • We need to do a relocation project."
  • 00:12:31.236 --> 00:12:34.139
  • A relocation project." and elisha says, "go."
  • 00:12:34.205 --> 00:12:37.242
  • And elisha says, "go." and they look
  • 00:12:37.308 --> 00:12:37.675
  • And they look at each other like,
  • 00:12:37.742 --> 00:12:39.310
  • At each other like, "this is amazing,
  • 00:12:39.377 --> 00:12:40.145
  • "this is amazing, he said we could go.
  • 00:12:40.211 --> 00:12:41.679
  • He said we could go. he's letting us do it!
  • 00:12:41.746 --> 00:12:43.181
  • He's letting us do it! so, he's gonna let us
  • 00:12:43.248 --> 00:12:43.782
  • So, he's gonna let us use the stuff, let's go,
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  • Use the stuff, let's go, let's go, let's go!"
  • 00:12:44.816 --> 00:12:45.884
  • Let's go, let's go!" and they're fired up.
  • 00:12:45.950 --> 00:12:46.785
  • And they're fired up. "let's go, we're gonna
  • 00:12:46.851 --> 00:12:47.719
  • "let's go, we're gonna build a house for god!
  • 00:12:47.786 --> 00:12:49.487
  • Build a house for god! on three.
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  • On three. house on three,
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  • House on three, house on me,
  • 00:12:51.222 --> 00:12:51.623
  • House on me, one, two, three, house!
  • 00:12:51.689 --> 00:12:54.425
  • One, two, three, house! let's go."
  • 00:12:54.492 --> 00:12:56.194
  • Let's go." and suddenly, watch this.
  • 00:12:56.261 --> 00:12:57.929
  • And suddenly, watch this. i hadn't read you
  • 00:12:57.996 --> 00:12:58.429
  • I hadn't read you this part of the story yet,
  • 00:12:58.496 --> 00:12:59.164
  • This part of the story yet, but it's the best
  • 00:12:59.230 --> 00:12:59.697
  • But it's the best part of the story.
  • 00:12:59.764 --> 00:13:00.832
  • Part of the story. all of a sudden
  • 00:13:00.899 --> 00:13:01.332
  • All of a sudden as they're going to build
  • 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:02.600
  • As they're going to build something for god,
  • 00:13:02.667 --> 00:13:03.668
  • Something for god, with good intentions,
  • 00:13:03.735 --> 00:13:05.236
  • With good intentions, with the permission
  • 00:13:05.303 --> 00:13:06.437
  • With the permission of the prophet,
  • 00:13:06.504 --> 00:13:07.672
  • Of the prophet, "he said we could do it.
  • 00:13:07.739 --> 00:13:08.840
  • "he said we could do it. god said i'm a conqueror.
  • 00:13:08.907 --> 00:13:10.141
  • God said i'm a conqueror. god said i can do it.
  • 00:13:10.208 --> 00:13:11.342
  • God said i can do it. god said this is my year.
  • 00:13:11.409 --> 00:13:12.844
  • God said this is my year. he's chains break.
  • 00:13:12.911 --> 00:13:14.245
  • He's chains break. this is the year
  • 00:13:14.312 --> 00:13:14.846
  • This is the year dead things come alive.
  • 00:13:14.913 --> 00:13:16.181
  • Dead things come alive. we're going, we're going,
  • 00:13:16.247 --> 00:13:17.382
  • We're going, we're going, we're going."
  • 00:13:17.448 --> 00:13:17.715
  • We're going." put up verse 3, best verse
  • 00:13:17.782 --> 00:13:19.217
  • Put up verse 3, best verse i've read this year so far.
  • 00:13:19.284 --> 00:13:20.852
  • I've read this year so far. "then one of them said,"
  • 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:24.088
  • "then one of them said," now, this is the kid
  • 00:13:24.155 --> 00:13:25.790
  • Now, this is the kid in the class,
  • 00:13:25.857 --> 00:13:29.160
  • In the class, who raises his hand
  • 00:13:29.227 --> 00:13:31.529
  • Who raises his hand and says, "uh, excuse me,
  • 00:13:31.596 --> 00:13:34.365
  • And says, "uh, excuse me, teacher, how about that
  • 00:13:34.432 --> 00:13:36.801
  • Teacher, how about that homework assignment?"
  • 00:13:36.868 --> 00:13:39.003
  • Homework assignment?" this is that kid.
  • 00:13:39.070 --> 00:13:39.737
  • [laughter]
  • 00:13:40.004 --> 00:13:40.605
  • And not only that,
  • 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:43.107
  • And not only that, i can't prove it to you,
  • 00:13:43.174 --> 00:13:45.543
  • I can't prove it to you, but i think he was
  • 00:13:45.610 --> 00:13:46.311
  • But i think he was the smartest one
  • 00:13:46.377 --> 00:13:47.512
  • The smartest one in the whole group.
  • 00:13:47.579 --> 00:13:49.080
  • In the whole group. i don't know his name,
  • 00:13:49.147 --> 00:13:50.915
  • I don't know his name, but what he did was so important
  • 00:13:50.982 --> 00:13:53.251
  • But what he did was so important but he didn't know
  • 00:13:53.318 --> 00:13:53.818
  • But he didn't know it was important.
  • 00:13:53.885 --> 00:13:54.953
  • It was important. it seems incidental
  • 00:13:55.019 --> 00:13:55.887
  • It seems incidental but it's not.
  • 00:13:55.954 --> 00:13:56.754
  • But it's not. they're on their way,
  • 00:13:56.821 --> 00:13:57.555
  • They're on their way, everybody shout, "let's go."
  • 00:13:57.622 --> 00:13:58.623
  • Everybody shout, "let's go." >> congregation: let's go!
  • 00:13:58.690 --> 00:13:59.624
  • >> congregation: let's go! >> put it in the comments,
  • 00:13:59.691 --> 00:14:00.358
  • >> put it in the comments, "let's go."
  • 00:14:00.425 --> 00:14:01.159
  • "let's go." >> congregation: let's go!
  • 00:14:01.226 --> 00:14:01.726
  • >> congregation: let's go! >> look at your neighbor say,
  • 00:14:01.793 --> 00:14:02.627
  • >> look at your neighbor say, "let's go."
  • 00:14:02.694 --> 00:14:03.528
  • "let's go." >> congregation: let's go!
  • 00:14:03.595 --> 00:14:04.062
  • >> congregation: let's go! >> tell 'em, "this year...
  • 00:14:04.128 --> 00:14:05.029
  • >> tell 'em, "this year... >> congregation: this year...
  • 00:14:05.096 --> 00:14:05.997
  • >> congregation: this year... >> let's go."
  • 00:14:06.064 --> 00:14:06.731
  • >> let's go." >> congregation: let's go.
  • 00:14:06.798 --> 00:14:07.532
  • >> congregation: let's go. >> little louder,
  • 00:14:07.599 --> 00:14:07.966
  • >> little louder, say, "this year...
  • 00:14:08.032 --> 00:14:09.033
  • Say, "this year... >> congregation: this year...
  • 00:14:09.100 --> 00:14:09.667
  • >> congregation: this year... >> let's go...
  • 00:14:09.734 --> 00:14:10.368
  • >> let's go... >> congregation: let's go.
  • 00:14:10.435 --> 00:14:11.002
  • >> congregation: let's go. >> right now...
  • 00:14:11.069 --> 00:14:11.736
  • >> right now... >> congregation: right now...
  • 00:14:11.803 --> 00:14:12.370
  • >> congregation: right now... >> let's go...
  • 00:14:12.437 --> 00:14:13.071
  • >> let's go... >> congregation: let's go.
  • 00:14:13.137 --> 00:14:13.738
  • >> congregation: let's go. >> get free...
  • 00:14:13.805 --> 00:14:14.505
  • >> get free... >> congregation: get free...
  • 00:14:14.572 --> 00:14:15.240
  • >> congregation: get free... >> let's go...
  • 00:14:15.306 --> 00:14:16.007
  • >> let's go... >> congregation: let's go...
  • 00:14:16.074 --> 00:14:16.641
  • >> congregation: let's go... >> rise up...
  • 00:14:16.708 --> 00:14:17.408
  • >> rise up... >> congregation: rise up...
  • 00:14:17.475 --> 00:14:18.076
  • >> congregation: rise up... >> let's go...
  • 00:14:18.142 --> 00:14:18.776
  • >> let's go... >> congregation: let's go...
  • 00:14:18.843 --> 00:14:19.510
  • >> congregation: let's go... >> be more...
  • 00:14:19.577 --> 00:14:20.345
  • >> be more... >> congregation: be more...
  • 00:14:20.411 --> 00:14:21.112
  • >> congregation: be more... >> let's go!"
  • 00:14:21.179 --> 00:14:21.846
  • >> let's go!" >> congregation: let's go!
  • 00:14:21.913 --> 00:14:22.547
  • >> congregation: let's go! >> verse 3,
  • 00:14:22.614 --> 00:14:23.248
  • >> verse 3, "one of them said..."
  • 00:14:23.314 --> 00:14:24.349
  • [laughter]
  • 00:14:24.616 --> 00:14:26.251
  • "i'mma ask him."
  • 00:14:27.218 --> 00:14:31.556
  • "i'mma ask him." "wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
  • 00:14:31.623 --> 00:14:33.057
  • "wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. no, no, no, he said we can go."
  • 00:14:33.124 --> 00:14:34.826
  • No, no, no, he said we can go." "yeah, yeah, yeah,
  • 00:14:34.893 --> 00:14:35.260
  • "yeah, yeah, yeah, i know he said we can go,
  • 00:14:35.326 --> 00:14:37.395
  • I know he said we can go, i know, but i'mma ask him."
  • 00:14:37.462 --> 00:14:38.730
  • I know, but i'mma ask him." "you can't ask him that."
  • 00:14:38.796 --> 00:14:40.999
  • "you can't ask him that." "yes i can and yes i --
  • 00:14:41.065 --> 00:14:42.100
  • "yes i can and yes i -- you better let go of me
  • 00:14:42.166 --> 00:14:43.101
  • You better let go of me right now i'm asking him."
  • 00:14:43.167 --> 00:14:44.302
  • [laughter]
  • 00:14:44.535 --> 00:14:45.737
  • 'cause i don't just
  • 00:14:48.573 --> 00:14:49.140
  • 'cause i don't just want his permission.
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  • [applause]
  • 00:14:51.609 --> 00:14:58.349
  • Ou, pray for me.
  • 00:14:59.017 --> 00:15:02.120
  • Ou, pray for me. i don't just want
  • 00:15:02.186 --> 00:15:02.720
  • I don't just want his permission,
  • 00:15:02.787 --> 00:15:04.889
  • His permission, i don't just want
  • 00:15:04.956 --> 00:15:05.456
  • I don't just want his provision,
  • 00:15:05.523 --> 00:15:07.792
  • His provision, i don't just want my plan.
  • 00:15:07.859 --> 00:15:10.395
  • I don't just want my plan. one of them came back
  • 00:15:10.461 --> 00:15:12.964
  • One of them came back and said, "elisha, elisha,
  • 00:15:13.031 --> 00:15:17.535
  • And said, "elisha, elisha, i might be out of line,
  • 00:15:17.602 --> 00:15:21.406
  • I might be out of line, i don't know if you want to,
  • 00:15:21.472 --> 00:15:22.407
  • I don't know if you want to, i know you're busy,
  • 00:15:22.473 --> 00:15:24.375
  • I know you're busy, you've gotta kill
  • 00:15:24.442 --> 00:15:25.476
  • You've gotta kill little kids with bears
  • 00:15:25.543 --> 00:15:27.045
  • Little kids with bears and save kings but,"
  • 00:15:27.111 --> 00:15:31.783
  • And save kings but," verse 3,
  • 00:15:31.849 --> 00:15:34.852
  • Verse 3, "won't you please come
  • 00:15:34.919 --> 00:15:36.955
  • "won't you please come with your servants?"
  • 00:15:37.021 --> 00:15:39.324
  • With your servants?" "you can't ask him that,
  • 00:15:39.390 --> 00:15:41.592
  • "you can't ask him that, this is the prophet.
  • 00:15:41.659 --> 00:15:43.695
  • This is the prophet. this is the man of god,
  • 00:15:43.761 --> 00:15:46.364
  • This is the man of god, ain't got time to swing
  • 00:15:46.431 --> 00:15:47.165
  • Ain't got time to swing an axe with you,
  • 00:15:47.231 --> 00:15:49.167
  • An axe with you, chop down a tree with you,
  • 00:15:49.233 --> 00:15:51.336
  • Chop down a tree with you, relocate to the messy
  • 00:15:51.402 --> 00:15:52.437
  • Relocate to the messy jordan banks with you.
  • 00:15:52.503 --> 00:15:53.604
  • Jordan banks with you. this is elisha,
  • 00:15:53.671 --> 00:15:54.806
  • This is elisha, are you crazy?
  • 00:15:54.872 --> 00:15:56.774
  • Are you crazy? you ask him if you want
  • 00:15:56.841 --> 00:15:57.809
  • You ask him if you want i'm not getting
  • 00:15:57.875 --> 00:15:58.409
  • I'm not getting killed by a bear,
  • 00:15:58.476 --> 00:15:59.410
  • Killed by a bear, i'm leaving well enough alone."
  • 00:15:59.477 --> 00:16:01.512
  • I'm leaving well enough alone." "no, no.
  • 00:16:01.579 --> 00:16:02.180
  • "no, no. no, no, no,
  • 00:16:02.246 --> 00:16:02.947
  • No, no, no, i'm asking him.
  • 00:16:03.014 --> 00:16:04.148
  • I'm asking him. i'm asking him.
  • 00:16:04.215 --> 00:16:06.617
  • I'm asking him. elisha, i appreciate
  • 00:16:06.684 --> 00:16:08.953
  • Elisha, i appreciate the fact that you gave me
  • 00:16:09.020 --> 00:16:09.887
  • The fact that you gave me the opportunity.
  • 00:16:09.954 --> 00:16:11.756
  • The opportunity. i appreciate the fact that
  • 00:16:11.823 --> 00:16:12.724
  • I appreciate the fact that you're letting us go build,
  • 00:16:12.790 --> 00:16:13.925
  • You're letting us go build, that's real kind of you
  • 00:16:13.992 --> 00:16:14.792
  • That's real kind of you because you could've just
  • 00:16:14.859 --> 00:16:15.493
  • Because you could've just told us to shut up
  • 00:16:15.560 --> 00:16:16.627
  • Told us to shut up and be content with what we had.
  • 00:16:16.694 --> 00:16:19.464
  • And be content with what we had. but i'm not content
  • 00:16:19.530 --> 00:16:20.331
  • But i'm not content with what we have
  • 00:16:20.398 --> 00:16:22.400
  • With what we have if we don't have you."
  • 00:16:22.467 --> 00:16:23.668
  • [applause]
  • 00:16:24.068 --> 00:16:26.537
  • Now, remember,
  • 00:16:27.572 --> 00:16:29.340
  • Now, remember, the prophet represents what?
  • 00:16:29.407 --> 00:16:31.442
  • The prophet represents what? the word of god,
  • 00:16:31.509 --> 00:16:33.378
  • The word of god, the presence of god.
  • 00:16:33.444 --> 00:16:35.413
  • The presence of god. and so, what i'm trying
  • 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:36.381
  • And so, what i'm trying to say to you today is,
  • 00:16:36.447 --> 00:16:38.316
  • To say to you today is, i don't want you to go
  • 00:16:38.383 --> 00:16:39.784
  • I don't want you to go for your goal without your god.
  • 00:16:39.851 --> 00:16:43.054
  • [applause]
  • 00:16:43.421 --> 00:16:44.922
  • I don't want it to feel like you
  • 00:16:45.990 --> 00:16:47.225
  • I don't want it to feel like you can do anything for three days
  • 00:16:47.291 --> 00:16:50.028
  • Can do anything for three days and then on the fourth day
  • 00:16:50.094 --> 00:16:51.329
  • And then on the fourth day it falls apart,
  • 00:16:51.396 --> 00:16:52.930
  • It falls apart, and you start thinking
  • 00:16:52.997 --> 00:16:53.831
  • And you start thinking faith didn't work.
  • 00:16:53.898 --> 00:16:56.034
  • Faith didn't work. it wants that faith didn't work,
  • 00:16:56.100 --> 00:16:58.403
  • It wants that faith didn't work, you put your faith in the faith
  • 00:16:58.469 --> 00:17:00.371
  • You put your faith in the faith rather than the god
  • 00:17:00.438 --> 00:17:01.439
  • Rather than the god who gave the faith.
  • 00:17:01.506 --> 00:17:02.373
  • [applause]
  • 00:17:02.640 --> 00:17:03.708
  • Because this year
  • 00:17:04.542 --> 00:17:06.110
  • Because this year i have a plan,
  • 00:17:06.177 --> 00:17:07.445
  • I have a plan, i have provision,
  • 00:17:07.512 --> 00:17:08.946
  • I have provision, i have permission,
  • 00:17:09.013 --> 00:17:11.182
  • I have permission, but this year my plan
  • 00:17:11.249 --> 00:17:14.886
  • But this year my plan is his presence.
  • 00:17:14.952 --> 00:17:17.388
  • Is his presence. this year my plan is that
  • 00:17:17.455 --> 00:17:20.658
  • This year my plan is that everywhere the sole of my foot
  • 00:17:20.725 --> 00:17:23.661
  • Everywhere the sole of my foot shall tread like joshua.
  • 00:17:23.728 --> 00:17:25.897
  • Shall tread like joshua. i believe that god is giving me
  • 00:17:25.963 --> 00:17:27.799
  • I believe that god is giving me this place as holy ground.
  • 00:17:27.865 --> 00:17:30.368
  • This place as holy ground. this is the year where
  • 00:17:30.435 --> 00:17:31.969
  • This is the year where i move the church outside
  • 00:17:32.036 --> 00:17:34.439
  • I move the church outside of a physical location,
  • 00:17:34.505 --> 00:17:36.474
  • Of a physical location, and i move it to my car,
  • 00:17:36.541 --> 00:17:38.810
  • And i move it to my car, and i move it to my home,
  • 00:17:38.876 --> 00:17:41.012
  • And i move it to my home, and i move it --
  • 00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:42.914
  • And i move it -- i move it to
  • 00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:43.881
  • I move it to my unchangeable situation,
  • 00:17:43.948 --> 00:17:46.050
  • My unchangeable situation, and i move it.
  • 00:17:46.117 --> 00:17:48.386
  • And i move it. touch somebody say,
  • 00:17:48.453 --> 00:17:49.187
  • Touch somebody say, "move it."
  • 00:17:49.253 --> 00:17:49.787
  • "move it." >> congregation: move it.
  • 00:17:49.854 --> 00:17:50.888
  • >> congregation: move it. >> they came to elisha,
  • 00:17:50.955 --> 00:17:52.256
  • >> they came to elisha, oh it's getting good now,
  • 00:17:52.323 --> 00:17:53.624
  • Oh it's getting good now, and they said, "the place
  • 00:17:53.691 --> 00:17:55.259
  • And they said, "the place we meet with you is too small,"
  • 00:17:55.326 --> 00:17:57.795
  • We meet with you is too small," and they were right,
  • 00:17:57.862 --> 00:17:58.896
  • And they were right, but not how they thought
  • 00:17:58.963 --> 00:17:59.597
  • But not how they thought that they were right.
  • 00:17:59.664 --> 00:18:00.865
  • That they were right. it wasn't only too small in
  • 00:18:00.932 --> 00:18:03.234
  • It wasn't only too small in the physical dimensions of it,
  • 00:18:03.301 --> 00:18:05.269
  • The physical dimensions of it, it not only needed to be
  • 00:18:05.336 --> 00:18:06.504
  • It not only needed to be expanded physically,
  • 00:18:06.571 --> 00:18:08.172
  • Expanded physically, but the place where they thought
  • 00:18:08.239 --> 00:18:09.640
  • But the place where they thought they could meet with god was too
  • 00:18:09.707 --> 00:18:11.509
  • They could meet with god was too small in their perception
  • 00:18:11.576 --> 00:18:13.544
  • Small in their perception because god doesn't just want
  • 00:18:13.611 --> 00:18:16.681
  • Because god doesn't just want to come when you build it,
  • 00:18:16.747 --> 00:18:19.717
  • To come when you build it, he wants to be
  • 00:18:19.784 --> 00:18:20.685
  • He wants to be with you as you build.
  • 00:18:20.751 --> 00:18:22.653
  • [applause]
  • 00:18:22.954 --> 00:18:23.654
  • I don't know if
  • 00:18:24.555 --> 00:18:24.989
  • I don't know if this makes sense,
  • 00:18:25.056 --> 00:18:26.591
  • This makes sense, it does to me.
  • 00:18:26.657 --> 00:18:29.160
  • It does to me. it's helping me
  • 00:18:29.227 --> 00:18:29.760
  • It's helping me get my confidence
  • 00:18:29.827 --> 00:18:30.828
  • Get my confidence for this year
  • 00:18:30.895 --> 00:18:32.396
  • For this year because i've been
  • 00:18:32.463 --> 00:18:32.864
  • Because i've been in this too long to think
  • 00:18:32.930 --> 00:18:34.132
  • In this too long to think that my plan is gonna go down
  • 00:18:34.198 --> 00:18:35.600
  • That my plan is gonna go down how i planned
  • 00:18:35.666 --> 00:18:36.300
  • How i planned for it this year,
  • 00:18:36.367 --> 00:18:37.568
  • For it this year, so guess what?
  • 00:18:37.635 --> 00:18:38.569
  • So guess what? presence is my plan
  • 00:18:38.636 --> 00:18:39.570
  • Presence is my plan this year.
  • 00:18:39.637 --> 00:18:41.439
  • This year. yeah.
  • 00:18:41.506 --> 00:18:42.240
  • Yeah. pre -- somebody say,
  • 00:18:42.306 --> 00:18:42.807
  • Pre -- somebody say, "presence is my plan."
  • 00:18:42.874 --> 00:18:44.175
  • "presence is my plan." >> congregation: presence
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  • >> congregation: presence is my plan.
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  • Is my plan. >> ask 'em,
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  • >> ask 'em, "what's your five year plan?"
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  • "what's your five year plan?" ask 'em, ""what's your
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  • Ask 'em, ""what's your five year plan?"
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  • Five year plan?" tell 'em, "presence."
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  • Tell 'em, "presence." >> congregation: presence.
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  • >> congregation: presence. >> ask 'em for your
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  • >> ask 'em for your ten year plan.
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  • Ten year plan. "what's your ten year plan?"
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  • "what's your ten year plan?" presence.
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  • Presence. what do you mean by that?
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  • What do you mean by that? when i'm ten years down the road
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  • When i'm ten years down the road or ten minutes down the road,
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  • Or ten minutes down the road, the god who is with me
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  • The god who is with me in this moment will not
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  • In this moment will not leave me nor forsake me
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  • Leave me nor forsake me until everything he spoke
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  • Until everything he spoke concerning his purpose
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  • Concerning his purpose for my life has been fulfilled.
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  • For my life has been fulfilled. so this year i got a plan
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  • So this year i got a plan and the plan is his presence.
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  • And the plan is his presence. watch this, when i walk
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  • Watch this, when i walk through the fire
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  • Through the fire i'm not alone.
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  • I'm not alone. when i walk through
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  • When i walk through the storm i'm not alone.
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  • The storm i'm not alone. he's with me on the boat,
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  • He's with me on the boat, he's with me in
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  • He's with me in the bowels of the furnace.
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  • The bowels of the furnace. he's with me in this.
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  • [applause]
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  • That's the word of the lord.
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  • That's the word of the lord. presence is the plan.
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  • Presence is the plan. presence is the plan.
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  • Presence is the plan. god says you need a plan
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  • God says you need a plan 'be' this year.
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  • 'be' this year. a plan 'be'.
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  • A plan 'be'. everybody say, "plan be."
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  • Everybody say, "plan be." >> congregation: plan be.
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  • >> congregation: plan be. >> plan be."
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  • >> plan be." that means if i need --
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  • That means if i need -- if i'm in the wilderness
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  • If i'm in the wilderness he'll be my water.
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  • He'll be my water. yeah, yeah.
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  • Yeah, yeah. if i'm in a hard place
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  • If i'm in a hard place he'll be my pillow.
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  • He'll be my pillow. if i'm in a sick bed
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  • If i'm in a sick bed he'll be my physician.
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  • He'll be my physician. i got a plan be this year.
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  • I got a plan be this year. the great i am is
  • 00:20:05.289 --> 00:20:06.557
  • The great i am is my plan be this year.
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  • My plan be this year. his presence,
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  • His presence, the great i am.
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  • The great i am. this is a shift in mentalities
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  • This is a shift in mentalities for all of us control freaks
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  • For all of us control freaks who think we are going
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  • Who think we are going to perfectly design our life,
  • 00:20:15.533 --> 00:20:17.435
  • To perfectly design our life, and -- "i'm gonna chop
  • 00:20:17.501 --> 00:20:18.269
  • And -- "i'm gonna chop down a tree, and i'm gonna
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  • Down a tree, and i'm gonna build a building."
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  • Build a building." but the thing that you never saw
  • 00:20:20.605 --> 00:20:22.006
  • But the thing that you never saw coming is going to require
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  • Coming is going to require the god that you keep
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  • The god that you keep forgetting to bring along.
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  • [applause]
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  • "beautiful holly.
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  • "beautiful holly. beauti --
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  • Beauti -- steven, would you like
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  • Steven, would you like a few adjustments?"
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  • A few adjustments?" i'm like, "yes i would."
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  • [laughter]
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  • I'm not trying to twist
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  • I'm not trying to twist my lumbar like
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  • My lumbar like a pretzel in here.
  • 00:20:41.125 --> 00:20:42.526
  • A pretzel in here. i'm not trying to walk
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  • I'm not trying to walk out of here like
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  • Out of here like i'm 91 years old,
  • 00:20:44.061 --> 00:20:45.796
  • I'm 91 years old, i'm already
  • 00:20:45.863 --> 00:20:46.530
  • I'm already walking like i'm 89.
  • 00:20:46.597 --> 00:20:48.199
  • Walking like i'm 89. i need some help in here,
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  • I need some help in here, come over here and help me.
  • 00:20:49.734 --> 00:20:50.801
  • Come over here and help me. help me god, help me.
  • 00:20:50.868 --> 00:20:52.470
  • Help me god, help me. i'm using it as
  • 00:20:52.536 --> 00:20:52.970
  • I'm using it as an analogy you understand
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  • An analogy you understand i'm not getting into
  • 00:20:54.338 --> 00:20:54.805
  • I'm not getting into new age mysticism
  • 00:20:54.872 --> 00:20:55.840
  • New age mysticism and telling you to do yoga.
  • 00:20:55.906 --> 00:20:57.208
  • And telling you to do yoga. i'm just saying,
  • 00:20:57.275 --> 00:20:57.842
  • I'm just saying, just like the holy spirit
  • 00:20:57.908 --> 00:20:59.343
  • Just like the holy spirit i need you to come along
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  • I need you to come along this year and i need you
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  • This year and i need you to go with me this year, god.
  • 00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:02.680
  • To go with me this year, god. and god, i can't walk
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  • And god, i can't walk in this house without you.
  • 00:21:03.648 --> 00:21:04.882
  • In this house without you. and god, i can't get on
  • 00:21:04.949 --> 00:21:05.816
  • And god, i can't get on this zoom without you.
  • 00:21:05.883 --> 00:21:06.951
  • This zoom without you. and i'm tired of putting up
  • 00:21:07.018 --> 00:21:08.052
  • And i'm tired of putting up plaques and trophies
  • 00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:09.353
  • Plaques and trophies on a fake green screen
  • 00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:10.755
  • On a fake green screen back behind me pretending like
  • 00:21:10.821 --> 00:21:12.189
  • Back behind me pretending like i'm doing better than i am.
  • 00:21:12.256 --> 00:21:13.724
  • I'm doing better than i am. come with us, elisha,
  • 00:21:13.791 --> 00:21:15.326
  • Come with us, elisha, come with me word of god,
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  • Come with me word of god, come with me on the waters,
  • 00:21:16.927 --> 00:21:18.629
  • Come with me on the waters, come with me in the wave.
  • 00:21:18.696 --> 00:21:19.997
  • Come with me in the wave. come with me back to school,
  • 00:21:20.064 --> 00:21:21.532
  • Come with me back to school, come with me into this divorce,
  • 00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:23.768
  • Come with me into this divorce, come with me into
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  • Come with me into this addiction,
  • 00:21:24.702 --> 00:21:25.736
  • This addiction, come with me into
  • 00:21:25.803 --> 00:21:26.537
  • Come with me into this crippling state,
  • 00:21:26.604 --> 00:21:28.005
  • This crippling state, come with me into
  • 00:21:28.072 --> 00:21:28.673
  • Come with me into this contention,
  • 00:21:28.739 --> 00:21:29.807
  • This contention, come with me into
  • 00:21:29.874 --> 00:21:30.574
  • Come with me into this argument,
  • 00:21:30.641 --> 00:21:31.742
  • This argument, come with me into
  • 00:21:31.809 --> 00:21:32.510
  • Come with me into this text thread,
  • 00:21:32.576 --> 00:21:33.711
  • This text thread, come with me into the seat,
  • 00:21:33.778 --> 00:21:35.413
  • Come with me into the seat, come with me into this step,
  • 00:21:35.479 --> 00:21:37.281
  • Come with me into this step, come with me into
  • 00:21:37.348 --> 00:21:38.015
  • Come with me into this heartbreak.
  • 00:21:38.082 --> 00:21:38.849
  • [applause]
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  • Verse 3, will you
  • 00:21:44.889 --> 00:21:46.157
  • Verse 3, will you come with us?
  • 00:21:46.223 --> 00:21:47.325
  • Come with us? won't you come with us?
  • 00:21:47.391 --> 00:21:48.326
  • Won't you come with us? we don't wanna go
  • 00:21:48.392 --> 00:21:49.226
  • We don't wanna go without you, god.
  • 00:21:49.293 --> 00:21:50.328
  • Without you, god. i don't wanna preach
  • 00:21:50.394 --> 00:21:51.062
  • I don't wanna preach without you,
  • 00:21:51.128 --> 00:21:51.729
  • Without you, i don't wanna teach without you,
  • 00:21:51.796 --> 00:21:53.130
  • I don't wanna teach without you, i don't wanna dad without you,
  • 00:21:53.197 --> 00:21:54.865
  • I don't wanna dad without you, i don't wanna husband
  • 00:21:54.932 --> 00:21:55.866
  • I don't wanna husband without you,
  • 00:21:55.933 --> 00:21:56.567
  • Without you, i don't wanna man without you.
  • 00:21:56.634 --> 00:21:58.169
  • I don't wanna man without you. i don't want it without you.
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  • [applause]
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  • I don't wanna plan
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  • I don't wanna plan without the great i am,
  • 00:22:04.108 --> 00:22:06.544
  • Without the great i am, i want a plan "be"
  • 00:22:06.610 --> 00:22:07.511
  • I want a plan "be" 'cause i don't even know
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  • 'cause i don't even know what i need him to be
  • 00:22:08.179 --> 00:22:09.113
  • What i need him to be 'til i get there,
  • 00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:10.281
  • 'til i get there, that's why he said,
  • 00:22:10.348 --> 00:22:11.515
  • That's why he said, "i am that i am."
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  • [applause]
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  • So when you run upon
  • 00:22:15.586 --> 00:22:16.554
  • So when you run upon a red sea you got a plan "be."
  • 00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:19.824
  • A red sea you got a plan "be." you don't understand
  • 00:22:19.890 --> 00:22:20.358
  • You don't understand what i just said?
  • 00:22:20.424 --> 00:22:21.425
  • What i just said? you got a plan "be,"
  • 00:22:21.492 --> 00:22:22.093
  • You got a plan "be," you don't even know you need him
  • 00:22:22.159 --> 00:22:23.127
  • You don't even know you need him to be a parter of the waters
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  • To be a parter of the waters 'til you're looking at a sea.
  • 00:22:24.462 --> 00:22:26.931
  • 'til you're looking at a sea. so the sea you didn't plan for,
  • 00:22:26.997 --> 00:22:28.933
  • So the sea you didn't plan for, you got a plan "be."
  • 00:22:28.999 --> 00:22:29.800
  • You got a plan "be." god said, "i'll be what you
  • 00:22:29.867 --> 00:22:30.868
  • God said, "i'll be what you need me to be when you step
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  • Need me to be when you step your foot where you're going
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  • Your foot where you're going with an awareness
  • 00:22:33.537 --> 00:22:34.038
  • With an awareness of my presence."
  • 00:22:34.105 --> 00:22:35.306
  • Of my presence." and the thing is
  • 00:22:35.373 --> 00:22:37.575
  • And the thing is he's already in you.
  • 00:22:37.641 --> 00:22:40.478
  • He's already in you. it's an issue not of ability,
  • 00:22:40.544 --> 00:22:43.280
  • It's an issue not of ability, it's willingness.
  • 00:22:43.347 --> 00:22:46.617
  • It's willingness. that really blessed me
  • 00:22:46.684 --> 00:22:47.451
  • That really blessed me how the prophet said,
  • 00:22:47.518 --> 00:22:48.753
  • How the prophet said, "well i don't even think
  • 00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.387
  • "well i don't even think i can do this like i want to,
  • 00:22:49.453 --> 00:22:50.354
  • I can do this like i want to, not in this setting."
  • 00:22:50.421 --> 00:22:52.089
  • Not in this setting." i'd have to be talking to
  • 00:22:52.156 --> 00:22:54.258
  • I'd have to be talking to a small group of people
  • 00:22:54.325 --> 00:22:56.627
  • A small group of people who felt like you've been
  • 00:22:56.694 --> 00:22:59.163
  • Who felt like you've been in situations
  • 00:22:59.230 --> 00:22:59.764
  • In situations where you felt unwanted.
  • 00:22:59.830 --> 00:23:02.933
  • Where you felt unwanted. and you notice the prophet said
  • 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:04.435
  • And you notice the prophet said in verse 2, he said, "go."
  • 00:23:04.502 --> 00:23:08.105
  • In verse 2, he said, "go." but what touched me was
  • 00:23:08.172 --> 00:23:09.006
  • But what touched me was he wanted to come.
  • 00:23:09.073 --> 00:23:11.942
  • He wanted to come. he was waiting to be asked.
  • 00:23:12.009 --> 00:23:17.515
  • He was waiting to be asked. 'cause, you keep assuming,
  • 00:23:17.581 --> 00:23:18.616
  • 'cause, you keep assuming, "well if god wanted
  • 00:23:18.682 --> 00:23:19.116
  • "well if god wanted to do it he'd do it,"
  • 00:23:19.183 --> 00:23:20.918
  • To do it he'd do it," what if he's waiting
  • 00:23:20.985 --> 00:23:21.419
  • What if he's waiting to be asked?
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  • >> if you feel like
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  • >> if you feel like pastor steven was speaking
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  • Pastor steven was speaking right to you while you were
  • 00:23:25.356 --> 00:23:26.757
  • Right to you while you were watching this message,
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  • Watching this message, i wanna invite you to call
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  • It's on dvd and it's part of this brand-new series
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  • Of this brand-new series that we're calling,
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  • "fix your focus."
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  • "fix your focus." and it's available for
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  • And it's available for your gift of any amount.
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  • Your gift of any amount. this series is all about
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  • This series is all about shifting your perspective,
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  • Shifting your perspective, learning to recognize
  • 00:23:45.876 --> 00:23:47.411
  • Learning to recognize god's presence and see his hand
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  • God's presence and see his hand at work in your life
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  • At work in your life right here, right now.
  • 00:23:50.881 --> 00:23:52.750
  • Right here, right now. i know sometimes i get caught up
  • 00:23:52.817 --> 00:23:54.852
  • I know sometimes i get caught up looking too far ahead or
  • 00:23:54.919 --> 00:23:56.821
  • Looking too far ahead or focusing on what i don't have
  • 00:23:56.887 --> 00:23:58.389
  • Focusing on what i don't have and i end up missing how god
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  • And i end up missing how god is moving in the moment.
  • 00:24:00.124 --> 00:24:02.293
  • Is moving in the moment. but when you fix your focus,
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  • But when you fix your focus, you start seeing
  • 00:24:04.361 --> 00:24:04.895
  • You start seeing his faithfulness
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  • His faithfulness in unexpected ways.
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  • In unexpected ways. so, call the number on
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  • So, call the number on your screen or visit us online
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  • This gift not only helps you stay connected to god's word,
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  • Stay connected to god's word, but it also helps us get
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  • But it also helps us get god's word into people's hearts
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  • God's word into people's hearts all over the world.
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  • All over the world. so, call or go online right now
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  • And let this message encourage you to shift your focus,
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  • You to shift your focus, recognize his presence,
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  • Recognize his presence, and step forward in faith.
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  • And step forward in faith. we cannot wait to hear from you.
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • >> when a kit is packed
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  • At elevation church
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  • It starts small.
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  • Putting hygiene products
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  • Together, or packaging
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  • Ingredients for a meal,
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  • But that's just the beginning
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  • Of the journey.
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  • Once put together in boxes,
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  • They travel by train,
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  • By boat, by truck.
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  • That kit is being positioned
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  • For the moment it's needed.
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  • When disaster happens,
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  • When hunger rises
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  • Locally and globally,
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  • That kit is there to provide
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  • For an immediate need.
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  • When you give, this is
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  • What you're giving for.
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  • >> ♪ jehovah-nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah-nissi ♪
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  • Fight your battles
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  • ♪ it's who he is yeah ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah-nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah-jireh ♪
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  • ♪ meet your need ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah-rapha ♪
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  • ♪ heal your body ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah-shalom ♪
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  • ♪ be your peace ♪
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  • ♪ oh ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah-nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
  • 00:26:21.031 --> 00:26:22.299
  • >> ♪ jehovah-jireh ♪
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  • ♪ meet your need ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah-jireh ♪
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  • ♪ meet your need ♪
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  • ♪ rapha ♪
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  • ♪ heal your body ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah-rapha ♪
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  • ♪ heal your body ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah-shalom ♪
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  • ♪ be your peace ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah-shalom ♪
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  • ♪ be your peace ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah-nissi ♪
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  • ♪ fight your battles ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah-jireh ♪
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  • ♪ meet your need ♪
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  • >> ♪ yes lord ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah-rapha ♪
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  • ♪ heal your body ♪
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  • >> ♪ shalom ♪
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  • ♪ be your peace ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah-shalom ♪
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  • ♪ be your peace ♪
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  • >> ♪ oh ♪
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  • >> ♪ call the name ♪
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  • ♪ call the name ♪
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  • ♪ jehovah ♪
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  • ♪ all our praise ♪
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  • ♪ belongs to him ♪
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  • >> ♪ call the name ♪
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  • >> ♪ jehovah ♪
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  • >> ♪ all our praise ♪
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  • ♪ all our praise ♪
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